Generating 'Views from Elsewhere': UIS and the Global Project of SDG4 Indicators
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| Title: | Generating 'Views from Elsewhere': UIS and the Global Project of SDG4 Indicators |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Radhika Gorur, Rino Wiseman Adhikary, Harsha Chandir (ORCID |
| Source: | Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 2025 55(7):1185-1202. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Sustainable Development, International Organizations, Global Approach, Measurement, Educational Objectives, World Views |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03057925.2024.2384091 |
| ISSN: | 0305-7925 1469-3623 |
| Abstract: | The declaration of the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 brought together 193 nations to commit to a common set of 17 critical, highly ambitious global goals. This paper analyses how the Technical Cooperation Group of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) develops consensus on measuring and monitoring SDG4. We empirically examine the processes of "collecting," "connecting" and "compounding" various views through its meetings, consultations and roundtables. We call this resulting cosmopolitan view a "view from elsewhere" -- noting that despite the desire to be inclusive, the views elicited through the compounding of political, technical and sociomoral representations are always framed by and enacted through processes that are determined by a small set of global elites. In making this argument through an empirical demonstration, we disrupt the depoliticised narrative of global consensus and call attention to the epistemic processes involved in the forging of global indicators and reform agendas. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1485423 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The declaration of the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 brought together 193 nations to commit to a common set of 17 critical, highly ambitious global goals. This paper analyses how the Technical Cooperation Group of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) develops consensus on measuring and monitoring SDG4. We empirically examine the processes of "collecting," "connecting" and "compounding" various views through its meetings, consultations and roundtables. We call this resulting cosmopolitan view a "view from elsewhere" -- noting that despite the desire to be inclusive, the views elicited through the compounding of political, technical and sociomoral representations are always framed by and enacted through processes that are determined by a small set of global elites. In making this argument through an empirical demonstration, we disrupt the depoliticised narrative of global consensus and call attention to the epistemic processes involved in the forging of global indicators and reform agendas. |
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| ISSN: | 0305-7925 1469-3623 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03057925.2024.2384091 |
